title: Decompression of acute urinary tract obstruction by extravasation into a large simple renal cyst.
abstract: We report a case of pelvocaliceal decompression by extravasation into a preexisting simple renal cyst. This is a rare complication of acute urinary obstruction. The findings and the prognostic implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Borge
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000150:complications*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000150:complications*